Apple's Mac sees strong growth amid coronavirus-fueled PC market boom

Apple's Mac segment grew nearly 39% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2020 amid double-digit growth across the broader PC market.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 12

Mac sales growth up 13% in Q3 on remote work, education trends

Apple Mac shipments rose 13% in the third quarter of 2020 alongside similar growth across the broader PC market, according to new data from Canalys.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 8

Lawsuit accusing entire computer industry of patent infringement fails on missed deadline

A $350 billion lawsuit that accused effectively the entire computer industry of patent infringement has been dismissed because an opening brief wasn't filed by a July 2 deadline.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 17

Editorial: Apple's move to ARM is possible because most users want power more than compatibility

What was once at least a concern and often the barrier that stopped Mac sales, cross-platform software compatibility is now mostly irrelevant to the wider user base — and we all stand to benefit.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 154

Apple in 2019 and the future of PCs

Over the past two decades, Apple has proven capable of exercising its rapidly lithe, innovating ability to take its existing technologies and create new computing forms that retain its influence over the most commercially successful and strategically important markets. That winning strategy of the past also appears to be the best suited for the future of PCs.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 34

Apple's new macOS Mojave optimizes the Mac for iOS users, not PC switchers

Many industry pundits have fixated on how Macs are going to somehow merge with iOS, or seem to be confused about whether Apple wants PC buyers to upgrade to a Mac or an iPad. Some suggest the answer is a cheap Mac or macOS netbook. But as Apple's new macOS Mojave makes clear: they're wrong, here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 50

Editorial: The future of Steve Jobs' iPad vision for Post-PC computing

In 2010, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPad as a new product category between the smartphone and notebook. It ended up dramatically shifting demand in the PC industry, but sales have since plateaued. Here's what Apple can do, has done and is doing to build iPad into the Post-PC future of computing.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 113

Apple PC shipments reach new high of 13.6% despite contracting global market

Estimates released Wednesday from market research firms show overall U.S. PC shipments fell nearly 14 percent year-to-year in the third quarter of 2012, while Apple's share shrunk 6.1 percent over the same period.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 44

Orbitz displaying higher-priced hotels to Macs versus PCs

Travel booking website Orbitz has revealed that it shows Mac users more-expensive hotel options than it does to PC users because those using Apple's desktop operating system tend to spend more.

Josh Ong 13 years ago 79

Apple leads shift of global chip buying from PCs to iPad, smartphones

As the largest buyer of semiconductors worldwide, Apple is leading a global trend in chip expenditures that has pushed wireless devices past the sales of computer chips.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 9

HP considers reviving TouchPad after death sparks sudden demand

Hewlett-Packard has suggested in an interview that it is considering reviving the TouchPad in view of a potential spinoff of its computer division, and has confirmed that “one last run” of webOS tablets will be manufactured to “meet unfulfilled demand.”

Chris Smith 14 years ago 62

HP favoring PC business spin-off over sale

Hewlett-Packard revealed on Monday that the preferred strategic option for its struggling PC business is to spin it off into a separate company.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 28

Samsung considering purchase of HP’s PC business - report [u]

Samsung is reportedly considering outsourcing notebook production to Taiwan-based OEMs, a move which sources attribute to the company’s unofficial interest in purchasing HP’s PC business [updated with Samsung response].

Chris Smith 14 years ago 26

China surpassed US in Q2 2011 to become the largest PC market

IDC reports that China has surpassed the US in demand for PCs, with the country consuming 18.5 million shipments worth $11.9 billion, compared to domestic shipments of 17.7 million units worth $11.7 billion.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 11

Microsoft exec says PC 'not even middle-aged,' rejects post-PC label

A Microsoft executive has spoken up in defense of the PC, insisting that the industry is in the "PC plus" era and rejecting the label of "Post-PC."

Josh Ong 14 years ago 252

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